Upcoming Events – July 2025
MUSICAL Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde – 20th Anniversary EXHIBITIONS New York Masters: Friends of Jackson Pollock and Mark Rothko Forum DiSeño: Gwangju and Modern Spirit Fluid Communication CONCERTS Gwangju … Read More
Category: Arts & Culture
Book Review: Stoner
By Michael Attard The story Stoner, by John Edward Williams (1922–1994), is fiction but draws from the author’s own life. A tale of humble beginnings from dirt poor farming, flowing … Read More
Upcoming Events – June 2025
MUSICAL The Goddess Is Watching ACC Brunch Concert “Immortal Beloved” by Pianist Han Jiho THEATER Concerned Others CONCERTS Kim Ki Su Percussion Recital EXHIBITION Byeolbam Art Museum’s Small Park Exhibitions … Read More
Buddha Statues on a Cliff Face: The Korean Maae-bul – May 2025
By Kang Hyunsuk (Jennis) In this issue of the Gwangju News, I would like to introduce Rock Buddha Statues on a Cliff Face: The Korean Maae-bul, a work by one … Read More
Dano Day: The Sun’s Energy Peaks – May 2025
By Park Yeonju These chewy rice cakes are so delicious! But the rice cakes are shaped like a wheel. When do you eat rice cakes like this?” “Today is the … Read More
American Dirt – Book Review, May 2025
By Michael Attard The story is fiction, but the author, Jeanine Cummins, has grippingly brought to the fore one of the greatest social dilemmas, traumas, and moral issues of our … Read More
Upcoming Events in May 2025
MUSICALS I Wasn’t in Gwangju A Thousand Blues PERFORMANCE Gwangju City Ballet – 140th Regular Performance <DIVINE> EXHIBITIONS 2025 ACC Contact: “Our Bodies, Embedded with Others” Landscape Theater of Lee … Read More
Franci’s War: A Woman’s Story of Survival – Book Review, April 2025
Reviewed by Michael Attard The book is a memoir from World War II Holocaust survivor Franci Rabinek Epstein. Her story mostly relates what happened to her during a three-year period … Read More